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L. C. SPARKS a A. W. LHARTBAUER,

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LEVI CLIFTON SPARKS AND AUGUST WILLIAM LOUIS HARTBAU'ER, QF ST. LOUIS, MIS- SOURI, ASSIGNORS ,TO AMERICAN CARAND FONIDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION-F NEW JERSEY.

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"To all whom t may concern.'

A Be it known that We, Levi CLIFTON SPARKS and AUGUST VILLTAM Louis Hann BAUER, residing at- St. Louis, Missouri, and being citizens of the' United States, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-lVindoivs", of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

vbe understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of constructionshovvn and described, as it is obvious that' such as will enable 'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the pre'- ferred form of the invention, though it is to various modificationsr thereofv will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings: Figure 1' is' an elevational view of a portion of a window frame and'sash constructed in accordance .with this invention.v Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse ,sectional view taken'on the plane of line 2*-2 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows, the sash being omitted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the'plane of line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a View similar to'F ig. 3, but being' taken on the plane of line .l-, i of Fig. 1.

measurements for in such structures ,the contours cannot be readily altered. In steel car' construction, to which lthis invention is par-` ticularly designed to be applied, it is only with great care andexpensethat the Window l framescan be made of suiiicient uniform accurac.. to accommodate metallic sashes and ya means whereby the `:frames,may

,this act hasrendered it almost lnecessary that the sashes bemade of woodin order A to .permit of their being fitted to the inevitable inaccuracies init-he frames. n The ob]ect of this invention is topgovide 'com structed by ordinary Workmen, Without the high degree of accuracy above described, and to this end it provides 'separately-formed and adjustably retained guides for ,the sash, they being mounted in such manner as to be readily adjusted to compensate for de-- ficiencies in thefranie structure and -to co1'- rect inaccurcies in theoutline of the. sash. A' further object is to provide for the ready removal of the sash, or any one of the sashes vin la single WindoW,fWithout disturbing the retaining means of any other sash. This feature is particularly valuable in plar Windows comprising the usual double sas f `A further object is to form the guides and they engaging portions of the sash in such manner as to obviate the necessity for the 'Weather strip usually emplo-yed. v

A further object is to provide, in connec- 4tion with the` removable guides, means -for sustaining the Weight of the sash in such structuresv as comprise a fixed upper sash. In these structures the guides serve principally as means-,for retaining the sashes against lateral vplay,`and as weather strips,-

and are only utilized asguides when the sashes are being inserted or removed; When `it is desired to remove suchl aV sash for repairs or forother purposes, the guide is aol-` 'justed to permit the sash tofall by gravity from-its position. i

In the drawings the invention is shown .as being applied to a railway car Window,.but it will be understood that the invention is applicable to the windows of any structure and is of equal value with either fixed or movable sashes.

In the' drawings, 1 indicates the inside lining of a car and 2 the outside sheathing thereof. The'opposite sides ofthe Window frame and sash, being` constructed identically, only one side is illustrated andavill be described in detail. The side of the Window frameas 8 extends bet-Ween the lining 1 and sheathing 2' and is connected, by its opposite vertical edges, to said car parts in any preferred manner. v,Intermediate said edges the pockets 4 4; into ywhich the` adjustable .stri s o'r guides 5 are fitted, a pocket and gui e bein provided for each sash. Each A:frame is corrugated to formvertical slots or of the, gui es 5 is of channel cross-section @standing info the space ibetween the walls of the pockets 4, being so spaced as to have a snug fitbetween said walls. l ably formed with a longitudinally extending rib as 6 adapted to be received in a suitable groove 7 formed in the adjacent edge of the window sash 7a. v

At the upper and lower ends of each of the guides 5, and between the flanges thereof,'is fixed a U-shape pressing 8, the o-pposite legs of which are fixed, preferably by welding, to the inner surfaces of said flanges. The intermediate portion of each of the pressings comprises ,a wall 8 spaced inwardly from the web of the guide thus forming recesses adapted to receive and retain .the heads 9--9 of the adjusting screws 10-10. The walls Sa-Sa are formed with apertures for the passage of the shanks of the screws and the rear wall of the pocket 4 is apertured and threaded as at 11--11,V

said apertures 11 extending through reinforcing plates 12-12 fixed to the rear wall ofk said pocket. The web of the guide or channel 5 is apertured, through the rib 6 thereof, as at 'for the insertion of a tool for rotating the adjusting screw. By adjusting one of the screws, the adjacent portion of the guide 5 is moved into or out of the pocket 4. By properly adjusting the screws, top and bottom, and at opposite sides of the sash, the guides are readily moved into close engagement with the sash for correcting inaccuracies in the frame structure. By the same adjustments, an inaccurately formed sash may be inclined slightly to one edge or the other for disposing its bottom edge so as to rest firmly and squarely on the window sill 2a. By moving the guides into the bottom of the pockets the ribs 6 are disengaged from the grooves 7 and the sash may be lifted out.

The ribs 6 on the guides engaging in the grooves of the. window sash, form an effective weather strip.

The guides may obviously be formed with 'any desired rib contour for engaging correspondingly formed portions of the sash.'

When applied to sliding windows the The w'eb of the channel is prefer-v guides 5 are extended above the upper edge 50 of the sash for a considerable distance to accommodate such sliding and the opposite ends thereof are uninterrupted. When, however, the invention is applied to a stationary sash, as for instance the fixed sash 13 in the upper portion of a car window illustrated, the guide is of suficient length only to slightly more than span the height of the sash and at its lower end is formed with an embossment as 14, adapted to project beneath the lower edge of the sash for supporting the sash. By adjusting the lower end of the guide for moving the embossment 14' into the pocket 4, the sash will be free to fall and yisthus readily removed.

- In Fig. 5 the invention is illustrated in connection with a wood structure and it will be noted that the essential details are A,the same as above described. Injthis structure the metallic member 3 forming the pockets 70 4 are fixed-to the relatively smooth face of the wood frame 15, as by screws 16, andsuitable recesses as 17-17 are formed in the wood frame for the reception of the projecting ends of the adjusting screws.

What we claim is 1. The combination with a window framel -and a sash, of a guide for said sash adjustable laterally of the edge of 'the same, said guide including a part disposed in the path 80 of and projecting beneath the bottom of said sash to support the same. 1 2. The combination with a window frame and a sash, of a guide `for said sash adjustable laterally of the edge of the same, and sash supporting means engageable beneath the bottom of the sash and movable with 4 said guide outside the vertical edge of the sash to permit the withdrawal of the sash from the frame. 90

In witness whereof we have hereunto 'set our. hands in the presence of two witnesses.

LEVI CLIFTON SPARKS.

Witnesses:

F. I. WILLEY, W M. BADGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofl ffatents, Washington, D. C. Y 

